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Bayern Munich appoint Vincent Kompany as coach

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  Vincent Kompany was most recently relegated with Premier League Burnley Belgian Vincent Kompany, 38, has been named Bayern Munich coach. Ever since the news was announced that current boss Thomas Tuchel would be leaving at the end of the season, Bayern Munich have desperately tried to find their next head coach. Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Ralf Rangnick, Hansi Flick, Unai Emery, Erik ten Hag, Oliver Glasner and Roberto De Zerbi were all among reported targets who either cooled interest or outright rejected concrete approaches. There were even talks late in the season to try to get Tuchel to stay on, but, in the end, Bayern have continually been left empty-handed. Now, though, the search has ended with Kompany being appointed on a deal until 2027. "It's a great honor to be able to work for this club. Bayern is an institution in international football," he said in a statement. "As a coach, you have to stand for what you are as a character...

Julian Nagelsmann: Germany's hope for Euro 2024?

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  After following Hansi Flick at Bayern Munich, Julian Nagelsmann now looks set to do the same with Germany. But how did a coach who is younger than some players end up on the brink of the national team job? From star pupil on Germany's famed  Fussball-Lehrer  (Football Teacher) course less than a decade ago, to the top job in German football. Julian Nagelsmann's trajectory has been rapid — and rising. With  multiple media reports  saying the former Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig coach is set to take the top job as the choice of  DFB (German FA)  sporting director Rudi Völler, DW looks at how he reached this point. Youngest coach in the Bundesliga A series of knee injuries forced Nagelsmann to hang up his playing boots at the age of 20. At that point, he was playing in Augsburg's reserves under the tutelage of Thomas Tuchel, the former Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach who would go on to succeed Nagelsmann at Bayern. Tuchel spotted...